The Galilee (Part 2)

July 18th (Mon)- Today we started the intense field trip portion of our trip to the Galilee, where we stopped going to class and just did field trips all day! Ouch. I'll be dead by the end of this as you can see. We went to Mt. Tabor which is a possible place for the Mt. of Transfiguration. It was cool cuz they had 3 chapels on top for Moses Elijah, and Elias, in honor of Peter's request for tabernacles. Then we visited Nain where the widow's boy was raised from the dead. Then we went to Megiddo. It was quite big and quite neat. It was basically lots of ruins on a Tel. (A Tel is a mound that had been built up over time.) We went to some springs called Gan Hashelosha and swam for a while. Little fish bit our toes and ate all our dead skin on our feet. It was ticklish. Not really painful at all. Back to Ein Gev.

July 19th (Tues)- We went to the Upper Galilee. First we went to Hazor. Joshua had burned it to the ground in his day. Joshua's main conflict in the North was here. Then we went to Tel Dan and we brought my friend Dan in the class. He and I are the only ones who have places named for them!!! I conquered Troy and he conquered Tel Dan!!!!!! We hiked through a nice area of forests and trees and streams and rivers. Then we reached a big alter area on a hill. We saw a Middle-Bronze Age gate that Abraham likely came through. We went to some Springs called the Banias (no swimming this time). Then we went to Nimrod's castle. Named for the mighty hunter. It wasn't built for him or built any time when he lived. We stormed the castle with our toy shields and swords. It was huge. We had lots of time to explore it. Back to Ein Gev.

July 20th (Wed)- We went to Chorizin, Sepphoris, and Akko. It was super humid today. I was tired, and I honestly don't remember much of what happened during the morning hours. Akko was boring. We went to an overlook at the Meditterranean Sea. As I was wading, I got stung by a sea anemane. Back to Ein Gev.

July 21th (Thurs)- We left Ein Gev first thing in the morning. I was so sad to leave. We visited Mt. Carmel where Elijah went and had his adventure with the Priests of Baal and the Alter. We visited Haifa which had big scenic Bahi Gardens and a cemetery. Then to Ceasarea. It was super hot and big and had a theatre, and a chariot horse race track thing. We did piggy-back races with the little kids. Robert and I tied for first place. We did a review for the midterm (which I didn't do too shabby on the next day) on the way back to the J.C.!!!!!

That was our fun filled trip to Galilee!!!!!